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prō-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to call forth, call out.

Lit.

In gen. (very rare):

aliquem,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 43:

ut ubi illaec prodeat, me provoces,

id. Mil. 4, 3, 28; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 40:

mandant, ut ad se provocet Simonidem,

Phaedr. 4, 23, 25:

dum rota Luciferi provocet orta diem,

lead up, call forth, Tib. 1, 9, 62:

Memnonis mater roseo provocet ore diem,

Ov. P. 1, 4, 58; cf. id. F. 1, 456:

provocare et elicere novas radiculas,

Col. 3, 15, 5.—

In partic.

To call out, challenge, invite one to any thing (as to play, sing, drink, fight, etc.):

provocat me in aleam,

challenged me to a game, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 75:

pedibus,

to a race, id. Ep. 5, 1, 58:

aliquem tesseris,

Macr. S. 1, 10:

aliquem cantatum,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:

aliquem ad pugnam,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 49; cf. Liv. 8, 7, and Flor. 2, 17, 11 Duker: duces nec prohibere paucos temere provocantis volebant, nec, etc., Liv. 23, 16, 4:

et oleo et mero viros provocant,

Sen. Ep. 95, 21:

aliquem ad bibendum,

Vop. Firm. 4.—

In jurid. lang., to take a cause before a higher court, to appeal, make an appeal; in this signif. usually neutr., ad aliquem; act. only post-class., with the judge to whom the appeal is made as object (cf. appello).

Neutr.:

ut de majestate damnati ad populum provocent,

Cic. Phil. 1, 9, 21; cf.: quam id rectum sit, tu judicabis;

ne ad Catonem quidem provocabo,

id. Att. 6, 1, 7:

provoco ad populum,

Liv. 8, 33:

arreptus a viatore, Provoco, inquit,

I appeal, id. 3, 56:

si a duumviris provocarit, provocatione certato,

id. 1, 26, 6; 3, 56:

ab omni judicio poenāque provocari licere,

Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54.—

Act., to appeal to a judge (post-class.):

si judicem provocent,

Dig. 8, 28, 6:

si praefectus urbi judicem dederit, ipse erit provocandus, qui eum judicem dederit,

ib. 49, 3, 1.—Also:

provocare judicium ad populum,

to bring the decision before the people by appeal, Val. Max. 8, 1, 1;

rarely, aliquem ad judicem,

to cite, summon before, App. Flor. p. 360, 24.—

Trop.

To challenge to a contest, to contend with, emulate, rival, vie with (post-Aug.):

aliquem virtute,

to vie with him in virtue, Plin. Ep. 2, 7, 4:

elegia Graecos provocamus,

Quint. 10, 1, 93; cf.:

ea pictura naturam ipsam provocavit,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 94.—Of things, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32:

immensum latus Circi templorum pulchritudinem provocat,

id. Pan. 51, 3.—

To challenge, incite, provoke to any thing:

felicitas temporum, quae bonam conscientiam civium tuorum ad usum indulgentiae tuae provocat,

Plin. Ep. 10, 12 (7) fin.:

omni comitate ad hilaritatem et jocum provocare,

Suet. Calig. 27; id. Claud. 21:

tacentes ad communionem sermonis,

id. Aug. 74.—

To excite, stimulate, exasperate, stir up, rouse with any thing (class.;

syn.: irrito, lacesso): qui non solum a me provocatus sed etiam suā sponte solet, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3:

aliquem beneficio,

id. Off. 1, 15, 48:

sermonibus,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

minis et verbis,

Tac. H. 3, 24:

bello,

id. ib. 4, 17:

injuriā,

id. A. 14, 49 et saep.:

ad iracundiam,

Vulg. Isa. 63, 10; id. Deut. 4, 25. —

To call forth, occasion, produce, cause:

officia comitate,

Tac. H. 5, 1:

mortem tot modis,

Plin. 19, praef. 1, §

5: bellum,

Tac. G. 35; Plin. Pan. 16.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To appeal to any thing, to cite as authority or proof (late Lat.):

ad litteras Pudentillae,

App. Mag. 84, p. 326, 40:

ad Judaeorum Codices provocare,

Aug. Serm. 202, 3.

vŏco, āvi, ātum ( inf. vocarier, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 27), 1, v. a. and n. [Sanscr. vak-, to say; Gr. root Wep:, in epos, word; eipon, said], to call; to call upon, summon, invoke; to call together, convoke, etc. (cf.: appello, compello).

Lit.

In gen.: (patrem) blandā voce vocabam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

quis vocat? quis nominat me?

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 25: He. Vin' vocem huc ad te (patrem)? Ly. Voca, id. Capt. 2, 2, 110:

Trebonius magnam jumentorum atque hominum multitudinem ex omni provinciā vocat,

Caes. B. C. 2, 1:

Dumnorigem ad se vocat,

id. B. G. 1, 20:

populum Romanum ad arma,

id. B. C. 1, 7:

milites ad concilium classico ad tribunos,

Liv. 5, 47, 7:

aliquem in contionem,

Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 144;

for which, contionem,

Tac. A. 1, 29:

concilium,

Verg. A. 10, 2; 6, 433; Ov. M. 1, 167:

patribus vocatis,

Verg. A. 5, 758:

ipse vocat pugnas,

id. ib. 7, 614:

fertur haec moriens pueris dixisse vocatis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 170.— With dat. (post-Aug. and rare):

populumque ac senatum auxilio vocare,

Tac. A. 4, 67 fin.; 12, 45.— Absol.:

in senatum vocare (sc. patres),

Liv. 23, 32, 3; 36, 21, 7.— Impers.:

in contionem vocari placuit,

Liv. 24, 28, 1:

cum in senatum vocari jussissent,

id. 2, 55, 10.— Poet.:

tum cornix plenā pluviam vocat improba voce,

i. e. announces, Verg. G. 1, 388; so,

ventos aurasque,

Lucr. 5, 1086:

voce vocans Hecaten caeloque Ereboque potentem,

invoking, Verg. A. 6, 247:

patrios Voce deos,

id. A. 4, 680; 12, 638; Tib. 2, 1, 83; Just. 38, 7, 8:

ventis vocatis,

Verg. A. 3, 253:

numina magna,

id. ib. 3, 264;

12, 181: auxilio deos,

id. ib. 5, 686:

divos in vota,

id. ib. 5, 234;

7, 471: vos (deos) in verba,

as witnesses, Ov. F. 5, 527:

quem vocet divum populus,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 25; cf. id. ib. 1, 14, 10; 1, 30, 2; 3, 22, 3; id. Epod. 5, 5:

votis imbrem,

to call down, Verg. G. 1, 157.— Poet. with inf.:

hic (Charon) levare functum Pauperem laboribus Vocatus atque non vocatus audit,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 40.—

In partic.

To cite, summon into court, before a magistrate (syn. cito):

in jus vocas: sequitur,

Cic. Quint. 19, 61: tribuni etiam consulem in rostra vocari jusserunt, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 12, 6.—

To bid, invite one as a guest, to dinner, etc. (syn. invito): Pa. Solus cenabo domi? Ge. Non enim solus:

me vocato,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 20:

si quis esum me vocat,

id. ib. 1, 3, 28:

aliquem ad cenam,

Ter. And. 2, 6, 22; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9:

vulgo ad prandium,

id. Mur. 34, 72:

domum suam istum non fere quisquam vocabat,

id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52:

nos parasiti, quos numquam quisquam neque vocat neque invocat,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 7:

convivam,

id. As. 4, 1, 23:

spatium apparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacrificandi dabitur paululum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 21: Ge. Cenabis apud me. Ep. Vocata est opera nunc quidem, i. e. I have been already invited, I have an engagement, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 18; so,

too, bene vocas! verum vocata res est,

id. Curc. 4, 4, 7: bene vocas;

tum gratia'st,

id. Men. 2, 3, 36 Brix ad loc.—

In gen., to call, invite, exhort, summon, urge, stimulate, etc.:

quod me ad vitam vocas,

Cic. Att. 3, 7, 2:

haec nisi vides expediri, quam in spem me vocas?

id. ib. 3, 15, 6: quarum rerum spe ad laudem me vocasti, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 2.—

Of inanimate or abstract subjects, to invite, call, summon, incite, arouse: quo cujusque cibus vocat atque invitat aventes, Lucr. 5, 524:

lenis crepitans vocat Auster in altum,

Verg. A. 3, 70; cf.:

quāque vo. cant fluctus,

Ov. R. Am. 532:

Carthaginienses fessos nox imberque ad necessariam quietem vocabat,

Liv. 28, 15, 12:

me ad studium (feriae),

Phaedr. 3, prol. 9:

quocumque vocasset defectionis ab Romanis spes,

Liv. 24, 36, 9; cf.: arrogantiā offensas vo care, to provoke or excite hostility, Tac. H. 4, 80.— Pass.:

cum ipso anni tempore ad gerendum bellum vocaretur,

Caes. B. G. 7, 32. — Poet., with inf.:

sedare sitim fluvii fontesque vocabant,

Lucr. 5, 945.—

To challenge:

centuriones... nutu vocibusque hostes, si introire vellent, vocare coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 5, 43:

cum hinc Aetoli, haud dubie hostes, vocarent ad bellum,

Liv. 34, 43, 5:

vocare hostem et vulnera mereri,

Tac. G. 14; Verg. G. 3, 194; 4, 76; id. A. 11, 375; 11, 442; Sil. 14, 199; Stat. Th. 6, 747; cf. Verg. A. 6, 172; 4, 223 Heyne ad loc.—

To call by name, to name, denominate (freq. and class.; syn. nomino): certabant urbem Romam Remoramne vocarent, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48. 107 (Ann. v. 85 Vahl.): quem Graeci vocant Aërem, id. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 65 Müll. (Epicharm. v. 8 Vahl.):

cum penes unum est omnium summa rerum, regen illum unum vocamus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42: comprehensio, quam katalêpsin illi vocant, id. Ac. 2, 6, 17:

urbem ex Antiochi patris nomine Antiochiam vocavit,

Just. 15, 4, 8:

ad Spelaeum, quod vocant, biduum moratus,

Liv. 45, 33, 8:

me miserum vocares,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 92:

non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum,

id. C. 4, 9, 45.— With de, to call after, to name after:

lapis, quem Magneta vocant patrio de nomine Graeci,

Lucr. 6, 908:

patrioque vocant de nomine mensem,

Ov. F. 3, 77.— Pass.:

ego vocor Lyconides,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 49: De. Quī vocare? Ge. Geta, Ter. Ad. 5, 6, 3:

jam lepidus vocor,

id. ib. 5, 7, 13; id. Eun. 2, 2, 33:

a se visum esse in eo colle Romulum, qui nunc Quirinalis vocatur... se deum esse et Quirinum vocari,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 20:

syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,

Hor. A. P. 251:

patiens vocari Caesaris ultor,

id. C. 1, 2, 43:

sive tu Lucina probas vocari,

id. C. S. 15.—With de, to be named for, etc.:

Taurini vocantur de fluvio qui propter fuit,

Cat. Orig. 3, fr. 1:

ludi, qui de nomine Augusti fastis additi, Augustales vocarentur,

Tac. A. 1, 15.—

In eccl. Lat., to call to a knowledge of the gospel, Vulg. 1 Cor. 1, 2; id. Gal. 1, 6; id. 1 Thess. 2, 12.—

Transf., to call, i. e. to bring, draw, put, set, place in some position or condition:

ne me apud milites in invidiam voces,

Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 59:

aliquem in odium aut invidiam,

id. Off. 1, 25, 86:

cujusdam familia in suspitionem est vocata conjurationis,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

aliquem in luctum,

id. Att. 3, 7, 2:

in partem (hereditatis) mulieres vocatae sunt,

succeeded to a share, id. Caecin. 4, 12; so,

aliquem in partem curarum,

Tac. A. 1, 11:

in portionem muneris,

Just. 5, 2, 9:

me ad Democritum vocas,

to refer, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 56.—With inanimate or abstract objects:

ex eā die ad hanc diem quae fecisti, in judicium voco,

I call to account, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 12, § 34; so,

aliquid in judicium,

id. de Or. 1, 57, 241; id. Balb. 28, 64 al.:

singula verba sub judicium,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 20:

ad calculos vocare amicitiam,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58; Liv. 5, 4, 7; Plin. Pan. 38, 3:

nulla fere potest res in dicendi disceptationem aut controversium vocari, quae, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 291:

aliquid in dubium,

id. Inv. 2, 28, 84:

templa deorum immortalium, tecta urbis, vitam omnium civium, Italiam denique totam ad exitium et vastitatem vocas,

bring to destruction, reduce to ruin, destroy, id. Cat. 1, 5, 12.

ăd-ōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

In the earliest per., to speak to or accost one, to address; hence, also, to treat of or negotiate a matter with one:

adorare veteribus est alloqui,

Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 677:

immo cum gemitu populum sic adorat,

App. Met. 2, p. 127; 3, p. 130: adorare apud antiquos significabat agere: unde et legati oratores dicuntur, quia mandata populi agunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 19 Müll.; cf. oro and orator.— Hence, also, in judicial lang., to bring an accusation, to accuse; so in the Fragm. of the XII. Tab. lex viii.: SEI (Si) ADORAT FVRTO QVOD NEC MANIFESTVM ERIT, Fest. S. V. NEC, p. 162 Müll.—

In the class. per., to speak to one in order to obtain something of him; to ask or entreat one, esp. a deity, to pray earnestly, to beseech, supplicate, implore; constr. with acc., ut, or the simple subj.:

quos adorent, ad quos precentur et supplicent,

Liv. 38, 43:

affaturque deos et sanctum sidus adorat,

Verg. A. 2, 700:

in rupes, in saxa (volens vos Turnus adoro) Ferte ratem,

id. ib. 10, 677:

Junonis prece numen,

id. ib. 3, 437:

prece superos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 41:

non te per meritum adoro,

id. H. 10, 141.—With the thing asked for in the acc. (like rogo, peto, postulo):

cum hostiā caesā pacem deūm adorāsset,

Liv. 6, 12 Drak.—With ut:

adoravi deos, ut, etc.,

Liv. 7, 40; Juv. 3, 300:

adorati di, ut bene ac feliciter eveniret,

Liv. 21, 17:

Hanc ego, non ut me defendere temptet, adoro,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 55.—With the subj. without ut, poet.:

maneat sic semper adoro,

I pray, Prop. 1, 4, 27.—

Hence,

Dropping the idea of asking, entreating, to reverence, honor, adore, worship the gods or objects of nature regarded as gods; more emphatic than venerari, and denoting the highest degree of reverence (Gr. proskunein); the habitus adorantium was to put the right hand to the mouth and turn about the entire body to the right (dextratio, q. v.); cf. Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; Liv. 5, 21; App. M. 4, 28. —Constr. with acc., dat., with prepp. or absol.

With acc.:

Auctoremque viae Phoebum taciturnus adorat,

Ov. M. 3, 18:

Janus adorandus,

id. F. 3, 881:

in delubra non nisi adoraturus intras,

Plin. Pan. 52:

large deos adorare,

Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 62:

nil praeter nubes et caeli numen adorat,

Juv. 14, 97:

adorare crocodilon,

id. 15, 2.—

In eccl. Lat. of the worship of the true God: adoravit Israel Deum,

Vulg. Gen. 47, 31:

Dominum Deum tuum adorabis,

ib. Matt. 4, 10:

Deum adora,

ib. Apoc. 22, 9;

so of Christ: videntes eum adoraverunt,

ib. Matt. 28, 17;

adorent eum omnes angeli Dei,

ib. Heb. 1, 6.—

With dat. (eccl.): adorato ( imperat.) Domino Deo tuo, Vulg. Deut. 26, 10:

nec adorabis deo alieno,

id. Ital. Ps. 80, 10 Mai (deum alienum, Vulg.):

qui adorant sculptibus,

ib. ib. 96, 7 Mai (sculptilia, Vulg.).—

With prepp. (eccl.):

si adoraveris coram me,

Vulg. Luc. 4, 7:

adorabunt in conspectu tuo,

ib. Apoc. 15, 4:

adorent ante pedes tuos,

ib. ib. 3, 9; 22, 8.—

Absol. (eccl.):

Patres nostri in hoc monte adoraverunt,

Vulg. Joan. 4, 20 bis.; ib. Act. 24, 11.—And,

The notion of religious regard being dropped, to reverence, admire, esteem highly:

adorare priscorum in inveniendo curam,

Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 1:

Ennium sicut sacros vetustate lucos adoremus,

Quint. 10, 1, 88:

veteris qui tollunt grandia templi pocula adorandae rubiginis,

Juv. 13, 148:

nec tu divinam Aeneida tenta, Sed longe sequere et vestigia semper adora,

Stat. Th. 12, 816.—

Under the emperors the Oriental custom being introduced of worshipping the Cæsars with divine ceremony, to worship, to reverence:

C. Caesarem adorari ut deum constituit, cum reversus ex Syria, non aliter adire ausus esset quam capite velato circumvertensque se, deinde procumbens,

Suet. Vit. 2; App. M. 4, 28; Min. Fel. 2, 5:

non salutari, sed adorari se jubet (Alexander),

Just. 12, 7:

adorare Caesarum imagines,

Suet. Calig. 14: coronam a judicibus ad se delatam adoravit, did obeisance before, id. Ner. 12:

adorare purpuram principis,

i. e. touched his purple robe and brought it to the mouth in reverence, Amm. 21, 9.—Of adulation to the rabble, to pay court to:

nec deerat Otho protendens manus, adorare volgum,

Tac. H. 1, 36.

; for in Arch. 11, 28, where adoravi was given by Mai in Fragm. p. 124, Halm reads adhortatus sum, and B. and K. adornavi.